Olympus PEN-F vs Sony W800

Let's look a little more in depth at the Olympus PEN-F and Sony W800, former being a Advanced Mirrorless while the other is a Small Sensor Compact by companies Olympus and Sony. The sensor resolution of the PEN-F (20MP) and the W800 (20MP) is fairly close but the PEN-F (Four Thirds) and W800 (1/2.3") come with totally different sensor dimensions.

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The PEN-F was announced 24 months later than the W800 making the cameras a generation apart from one another. The two cameras offer different body type with the Olympus PEN-F being a Rangefinder-style mirrorless camera and the Sony W800 being a Compact camera.

Before going in to a complete comparison, below is a short view of how the PEN-F scores against the W800 when considering portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

The following is a sample of the gallery pictures for Olympus PEN-F & Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W800. The whole galleries are viewable at Olympus PEN-F Gallery & Sony W800 Gallery.

For those who are planning to lug around your camera regularly, you're going to have to take into account its weight and measurements. The Olympus PEN-F features outer dimensions of 125mm x 72mm x 37mm (4.9" x 2.8" x 1.5") accompanied by a weight of 427 grams (0.94 lbs) and the Sony W800 has proportions of 97mm x 55mm x 21mm (3.8" x 2.2" x 0.8") with a weight of 125 grams (0.28 lbs).

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Remember that, the weight of an ILC will vary depending on the lens you have attached at that moment. Here is the front view over all size comparison of the PEN-F versus the W800.

Taking into consideration dimensions and weight, the portability score of the PEN-F and W800 is 84 and 96 respectively.

Sometimes, its hard to see the gap in sensor measurements merely by researching a spec sheet. The photograph below will help offer you a greater sense of the sensor sizes in the PEN-F and W800.

As you can see, both cameras enjoy the same exact megapixels but not the same sensor measurements. The PEN-F includes the larger sensor which should make obtaining shallow depth of field simpler. The more modern PEN-F is going to have a benefit in sensor technology.